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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Challenging Drones, from Pakistan to Oakland

Ongoing revelations about the use of drones as a tool of foreign warfare have raised concerns about the nature of the war on terror, its impact on our foreign relations,...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Beyond Aaron’s Law: Reining in Prosecutorial Overreach

Aaron Swartz' death awakened the Netroots community to two things: the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act permits prosecutors to criminalize activist activities, and prosecutorial tactics often deliver injustice. This panel...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Migrants Moving Mountains: How the Undocumented are Leading the Charge on Immigration Reform

In the past few years the undocumented immigrant movement has become a force with which to be reckoned. DREAMers, day laborers, domestic workers and undocumented people have created a multi-faceted...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Firing Isn’t Just for Trump: How to Fight Workplace Discrimination

No one likes getting fired. But what if you were fired because you’re gay? Or because you helped organize a union in your workplace? Or because you have an accent?...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Intolerance Abroad: Overcoming Violence and Repression and Moving Toward Global LGBT Solidarity

Recent progress for LGBT Americans—in civil rights and in the slow but steady gains in dismantling institutional discrimination in mainline Protestant churches—has created a backlash not in the U.S. but...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
You Get Paid to Do This? Tips for Supporting Your Blog through Advertising and Fundraising

Want to get paid to blog? Today, successful bloggers are funding their work through advertising, direct reader appeals and other mechanisms that afford the time and resources to keep great...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Forever in their Debt: Taking Initiative on the Student Loan Crisis

The burden of student loan debt is quietly crushing millions of young Americans. The United States has accumulated more than $1 trillion in student debt, with no end in sight....

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COINTELPRO 2.0: Surveillance, National Security and Our Eroding Civil Liberties

Our national security infrastructure continues to evolve in ways that erode civil liberties protections built over decades. Between the continued renewals of the Patriot Act, the recent passage of the...

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Posted by | April 8, 2012
Organizing Outside the Lines: “Hard-to-Reach Communities” Winning Major Victories by Moving from Moment to Movement

What does it take to organize on and offline to change the conversation, build our base, and push real systemic and policy?  Come hear about a couple of moments that...

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Posted by | April 7, 2012
Big Decisions: A Discussion of Recent and Upcoming SCOTUS Cases

Over the course of the next year, the Supreme Court is poised to rule on nearly every major political issue facing the country today. By the time the current term...

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